Dec 28 2008
Ring Around The Rose
Okay, so, I confirmed my suspicion about myself:
I, Hannah Rose Roberts, do not enjoy being scared by a movie unless I am in the company of other people.
Maybe I was just trying to watch The Ring too soon after my little Silence of the Lambs experiment. Maybe it was just a creepy movie. Right now the results are inconclusive, I suppose. But my heart rate is still a bit faster than normal, thanks to Ring’s pseudo-resolution that gives way to a freakout ending. A neat trick, and one that gave an easy segue to a sequel–but man, that one line killed me:
“You helped the little girl? …You weren’t supposed to help her.”
Props to Naomi Watts for the facial expressions.
Not so many props to the conceptual artists for dangling the carrot of “happy ending” in front of the audience, and then yanking it away in a ghost child’s clammy hand.
Meh. I guess I’m trying to say that I thought it was done decently. Not as well as The Orphanage dealt with a similar concept, but not horribly.
The portrayal of VHS as “current technology” was a little amusing–maybe in twenty years it will count as a period piece, but as of right now it gives the story a touch of Be Kind Rewind quirkiness. Nice color, and the story was okay–they cut some corners with the backstory, but I won’t say anything until I know whether everything is revealed in Ring 2.
Anyone want to watch it with me? Because I’m not doing it by myself.
Time to go explore Bridge on the River Kwai or something else more rated-G-esque.
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I enjoyed The Ring for the most part and I actually did like the ending. I think in some cases, an unhappy ending is a better fit for a horror film. The only thing about this version of The Ring that I didn’t like (and which the original stays away from) is that it explains too much about the girl. The unknown is scarier than knowing the story behind something.
i wanna watch this one too, but never by myself. I’m intrigued though, plus its Gore Verbinski before all the Pirates craze, so that sounds interesting to me.
I secretly love The Ring, and own it.
And I own The Ring 2. heh.
I love the random scary imagery of a fly or leaning ladder. Creepy.
its some good stuff.